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With age comes boundless wisdom
I don’t remember anything about June 22, 1953. My memory banks are void of a car ride I ...
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Exploring ‘Strange New Worlds’
When Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek first began airing in the 1960s, no one knew just how much the ...
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Do you want to be like Gomer?
In my mind, I can see Gomer chasing Barney on foot while shouting “citizen’s arrest, citizen’s arrest” at ...
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Finding the best way to get things done
Confession: I love “to do” lists. There’s just something about having everything in a nice, neat, and organized ...
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Never lick butter off a steak knife
Do you know the rules? Do you understand the rules? Do you have any idea that there are ...
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Smith, Wright, and other hard-working names
Each and every person is given a name when they’re born. If you don’t have anything else, you ...
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Less-than-brilliant criminal mischief abounds!
Well, we’re nearly halfway into 2023 and by now one would think that stories of less-than-brilliant criminal mischief ...
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Why aren’t our legislators supporting public education?
Earlier this year, I wrote a column about keeping an eye on what our politicians are doing to ...
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Chowan…love her ever more!
Fifty years have past since one fateful day in May of 1973 when I heard my name called ...
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A few random thoughts for the month of May
I took an evening walk recently, and thought to myself, “this is really nice weather for March.” About ...
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How to visit two states under one roof
A couple of weeks ago I engaged in a conversation with Bruce Howell, a Northampton County native who ...
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You can’t control Mother Nature, but you can prepare for it
Hurricane season traditionally begins every year on June 1. Unless you are a hockey fan… in which case, ...
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Word facts that make you scratch your head
It’s easy to peer inside the pages of a dictionary to learn the definition of a word. Old ...
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Sports brings steps to success, no matter who wins
“It’s not whether you win or lose. It’s how you play the game.” This familiar phrase is attributed ...
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Names of local towns influenced by the railroad
Our latest Front Porch Living magazine, which is being released this week, carries a theme of how some ...